Samar Ali engages in some of the most entrenched conflicts of our time, always with the intent of finding positive resolution through common ground.
Why you should listen
Samar S. Ali is a skilled mediator, a careful listener and a compassionate teacher. Pulling up a chair to tables around the world, she engages in some of the most entrenched conflicts of our time. In this pursuit, she is a research professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University, the founding President and CEO of Millions of Conversations and co-chair of the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy. This work places her right at the intersection of national security, human rights and economic development.